*Holigarna grahamii* (Wight) Kurz [image: Holigarna grahamii (Wight) Kurz] <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/214827722> [image: Holigarna grahamii (Wight) Kurz] <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/214827722> [image: Holigarna grahamii (Wight) Kurz] <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/214827722> [image: Holigarna grahamii (Wight) Kurz] <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/214827722>
¿ *ho-lee-GAR-nuh* ? -- most probably, from the Kannada name of the plant - ಹೋಲಿಗಾರ *holigaara* *GRAM-ee-eye* -- named for John Graham, author of Catalogue of Plants (Bombay) *commonly known as*: blistering varnish tree • *Kannada*: ದೊಡ್ಡ ಎಲೆ ಹೊಲೆಗಾರ dodda ele holegaara, ಕಂಕಣಗಾಳ kankanagaala • *Konkani*: बिबोई biboi • *Malayalam*: ആനച്ചേര് aanacheru • *Marathi*: बिबोई biboi, सुद्रबिलो sudrabilo *botanical names*: *Holigarna grahamii* (Wight) Kurz ... *homotypic synonyms*: *Holigarna wightii* N.P.Balakr. • *Katou-tsjeroe grahamii* (Wight) Kuntze • *Semecarpus grahamii* Wight ... POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved 25 December 2025 Bibliography / etymology Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India <https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/12/languages-of-india.html> mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about "where" could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken *sensu amplo*. ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~ written and spoken widely, in most parts of India *blistering varnish tree* - Flowers of India <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Blistering%20Varnish%20Tree.html>, retrieved December 25, 2025 ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ written in: *Kannada* (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: *Karnataka* *ದೊಡ್ಡ ಎಲೆ ಹೊಲೆಗಾರ dodda ele holegaara, ಕಂಕಣಗಾಳ kankanagaala* - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/4135/992d07f37e4bd78fde99e30ea9bd4410> - S G Narsimhachar - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore <http://mdl.mandayamsabha.in/uploads/book/bk_1605597283.pdf> - Mandayam Digital Library - or ದೊಡ್ಡೆಲೆ ಹೊಲೆಗಾರ doddele holegaara ... BIOTIK <http://www.biotik.org/india/species/h/holigrah/holigrah_ka.html> (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive shared Knowledge base) ~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (कोंकणी) / *Kannada* (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkani_in_the_Roman_script> (*Konknni*) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat *बिबोई biboi* - Dalgado, Daniel Gelanio. Flora de Goa e Savantvadi: catalogo methodico das plantas medicinaes, alimentares e industriaes. <https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Flora_de_Goa_e_Savantvadi/94dIAAAAYAAJ?hl=en> Portugal, Imprensa Nacional, 1898. - V D Vartak (1966) - Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/153789> with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area - Shodhganga :: a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET ~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ written in: *Malayalam* (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: *Kerala*, Lakshadweep *ആനച്ചേര് aanacheru* - വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം <https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%86%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%8D> ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia - Manjunath, K.M., H.S. Shashwathi, H.M.R. Jain & Y.L. Krishnamurthy (2024). The genus *Holigarna* Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb. (Anacardiaceae) in the central Western Ghats, Karnataka, India. <https://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/8622/9669> *Journal of Threatened Taxa* 16(1): 24469–24484. - or simply ചേര് cheru ... BIOTIK <http://www.biotik.org/india/species/h/holigrah/holigrah_ma.html> (Biodiversity Informatics and co-operation in Taxonomy for Interactive shared Knowledge base) ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*, Karnataka *बिबोई biboi* - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/4135/992d07f37e4bd78fde99e30ea9bd4410> *सुद्रबिलो sudrabilo* - मराठी विश्वकोश <https://vishwakosh.marathi.gov.in/25951/> - महाराष्ट्र राज्य मराठी विश्वकोश निर्मिती मंडळ ~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, ***Tamil Nadu; endemic - Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. <https://www.worldplants.de/world-plants-complete-list/complete-plant-list> Version 25.12; last update Dec. 21st, 2025. Last accessed 25/12/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy). - Goa :: Datar, Mandar & Lakshminarasimhan, P.. (2013). Check List of Wild Angiosperms of Bhagwan Mahavir (Molem) National Park, Goa, India. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262059791_Check_List_of_Wild_Angiosperms_of_Bhagwan_Mahavir_Molem_National_Park_Goa_India> Check List. 9. 186-207. 10.15560/9.2.186. *** no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state ~~~~~ Created on: 18:44 25-12-2025 ¦ Last updated: 17:01 26-12-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/12/holigarna-grahamii-wight-kurz.html Regards. Dinesh -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. 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